Violent crime
1,416 per 100,000 residents, per year
112 reported in the last 12 months
−52% vs. Baltimore (2,934)
Data through September 2026, Baltimore Police Department
Crime in Canton, Baltimore
The violent crime rate in Canton is 1,416 per 100,000 residents per year, 52% below Baltimore as a whole (2,934). It ranks 47 of 55 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
5,751 per 100,000 residents, per year
455 reported in the last 12 months
+10% vs. Baltimore (5,206)
All reported
7,167 per 100,000 residents, per year
567 reported in the last 12 months
−12% vs. Baltimore (8,140)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 7,911 for Canton. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Canton sits in Baltimore, and where incidents concentrate
rank 47 of 55Loading map…
1the block with the most violent incidents10the tenthCounted over the last 12 months. Point at a mark, or at a row in the table below, to see which street it is.
SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsArea shading: violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, so you can see how this neighbourhood compares with the ones around it.
Canton is among the lowest in the city: rank 47 of 55. Nearby in the ranking: Loch Raven (1,558), Hampden/Remington (1,462), Hamilton Hills (1,362), Greater Lauraville (1,259).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0129XX O'Donnell St | 14 | 15 | 13% |
| 0213XX S Ellwood Ave | 5 | 8 | 4% |
| 0323XX Boston St | 5 | 5 | 4% |
| 0424XX Boston St | 5 | 5 | 4% |
| 0530XX Boston St | 5 | 0 | 4% |
“Block” is the hundred-block as the police department publishes it (for example 35XX Boston St), never an exact address. Its mark on the map is rounded to about 100 meters. Only blocks with 5 or more violent incidents in the window are listed; the top 5 account for 30% of Canton’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.
Violent crime, month by month
Oct 2025 to Sep 2026| Month | Violent crimes in Canton |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 10 |
| Nov 2025 | 11 |
| Dec 2025 | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 10 |
| Mar 2026 | 12 |
| Apr 2026 | 7 |
| May 2026 | 11 |
| Jun 2026 | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 12 |
| Aug 2026 | 9 |
| Sep 2026 | 10 |
When crime happens in Canton
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Canton happened between 3 pm and 11 pm. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 9 pm
No chart for violent crime: fewer than 300 incidents in 12 months, too few to show a pattern by hour.
Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Baltimore Police Department; 1% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.
See the numbers by hour
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 am | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 am | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 9 am | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 am | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 11 am | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 12 pm | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 1 pm | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 pm | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 3 pm | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| 4 pm | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 5 pm | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| 6 pm | 6 | 23 | 29 |
| 7 pm | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| 8 pm | 7 | 25 | 32 |
| 9 pm | 4 | 31 | 35 |
| 10 pm | 18 | 15 | 33 |
| 11 pm | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 12 am | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 1 am | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| 2 am | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 am | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 am | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 am | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Total with a known time | 156 | 294 | 450 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Baltimore |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 88 | 1,112 | −56% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 24 | 303 | −20% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 201 | 2,541 | +45% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 117 | 1,479 | +32% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 69 | 872 | +11% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 49 | 619 | −44% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 19 | 240 | −46% |
Source and dates
NIBRS_GroupA_Crime_Data- Source
- Baltimore Police Department, via Open Baltimore (dataset NIBRS_GroupA_Crime_Data), aggregated by neighborhood
- Window
- October 2025 to September 2026 (12 months)
- Population
- 7,911 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Baltimore, MD
- All neighborhoods
- Baltimore neighborhoods by reported crime rate